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Question 16

Elena wanted to investigate whether toddlers (aged 2 to 3 years) exhibit more sharing behaviour when playing with a single large collaborative play table or multiple individual play trays. She set up a playroom at a local nursery with either one large collaborative play table or four individual play trays. Elena sat behind a one-way mirror to observe and record the number of toddlers demonstrating high or low sharing behaviour during their free-play sessions.

Elena's results are shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Number of toddlers showing high or low sharing behaviour by play setup

Play setupHigh sharing behaviourLow sharing behaviour
Single large collaborative table145
Multiple individual play trays413

Explain one strength and one weakness of Elena using an observation for her investigation.

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Research methods and skills Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Research methods and skills

66 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Research methods and skills, covering Research methods and skills. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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